Michael Douglas To Receive Honorary Palme D’Or In Cannes
deadline.comMichael Douglas is to receive the Honorary Palme d’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The festival will pay tribute to the actor and hand him the award during the Opening Ceremony on May 16. “It is always a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes, which has long provided a wonderful platform for bold creators, artistic audacities, and excellence in storytelling,” Douglas said.
As part of the tribute, the festival will screen a previously unreleased documentary by Amine Mesta on Douglas titled Michael Douglas, The Prodigal Son on the festival site for two days, from May 14 at 6 pm to May 16 at 6 pm.
The doc was produced by Folamour and will be broadcast on Arte. The doc’s synopsis reads: “This special documentary shows us how Michael, an actor, and producer like his father Kirk, had to embrace their resemblance throughout his remarkable career in order to assert his difference.
The time to learn how to become Michael when your name is Douglas.” Douglas has a long history with the festival, first hitting the Croisette for the festival’s 32nd edition for the premiere of The China Syndrome alongside director James Bridges and co-stars Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon.
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